Durango (city)

This article is about the city in Mexico. For other cities, see Durango (disambiguation).
Durango
Victoria de Durango
Korian
City
Plaza de Armas, Cathedral Basilica of Durango, Quinta del Aguacate, Santa Ana y la Sagrada Familia Parish, City Hall, San Agustín Temple and San Juan Bautista Parish
Plaza de Armas, Cathedral Basilica of Durango, Quinta del Aguacate, Santa Ana y la Sagrada Familia Parish, City Hall, San Agustín Temple and San Juan Bautista Parish
Coat of arms of Durango
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
La Perla del Guadiana, La Tierra del Cine
Location of Durango within the State
Location of Durango within the State
Durango is located in Mexico
Durango
Durango
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 24°01′30″N 104°40′03″W / 24.02500°N 104.66750°W / 24.02500; -104.66750
CountryMexico
StateDurango
MunicipalityDurango
FoundedJuly 8, 1563; 461 years ago (July 8, 1563)
Founded byFrancisco de Ibarra
Government
 • MayorJorge Alejandro Salum del Palacio
Elevation
1,890 m (6.201 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • City
616,068[1]
 • Metro
688,697[1]
 • Demonym
Duranguense/Durangueño
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$12.7 billion[2]
 • Per capita$19,000
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Area code618
Websitehttps://municipiodurango.gob.mx/

Durango (Spanish pronunciation: [duˈɾaŋɡo], Southeastern Tepehuan: Korian) is the capital and largest city of the northern Mexican state of Durango and the seat of the Durango municipality. It has a population of 616,068[3] as of the 2020 census with 688,697 living in the municipality.[4][1][5] The city's official name is Victoria de Durango, renamed in honor of the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria, a native of the state of Durango. The city is at an altitude of 1,890 m (6,201 ft) in the Valley of Guadiana.

Durango was founded on July 8, 1563, by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Ibarra. During the Spanish colonial era the city was the capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of New Spain, which consisted mostly of what became the Mexican states of Durango and Chihuahua. The city was founded due to its proximity to the Cerro del Mercado, in the northern part of the modern city, which was believed to contain large amounts of silver. Eventually, an important iron deposit was discovered.[6][7]

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  2. ^ "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. ^ "Victoria de Durango (Durango, Durango, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ "Durango (Municipality, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  5. ^ "Información Nacional, por Entidad Federativa y Municipios". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original on March 9, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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  7. ^ Durango: Más alla del agua. Durango: State of Durango. 2015. ISBN 978-60796629-1-2.